Hi all, would like to hear your opinions on this. We live in a Victorian house, the type called 1.5 storey with bedrooms under the roof (small attic space above), having sloped walls to the front, and dormer windows, similar to the photo (not my house - the one here is far prettier!). These are original. They are horrible, the rooms are dark, cold as there is no insulation on the sides/top/sill (or anywhere as it's solid stone walls and right under roof), noisy despite previous owners' secondary glazing panel inside, again as there is probably just wood panels with slates on at the sides/top of the dormers. We are having some problems with leaks around one of these windows, mould appearing, have had temporary fix but rather than have the dormers redone, may be time to have the whole roof redone. As far as the roofer can say it is the original 175 year old roof! In this case, I would like to get rid of the dormers and replace with velux windows, which would give much more light, more soundproofing, less maintenance, less to go wrong and rot in future. We have two velux windows at the rear upstairs. Also think it would be cheaper. My DH thinks it would devalue the house and that I am mad to consider it. Surely if we later sell the house, the buyer will not necessarily know that there were ever dormer windows! What do you think?